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    By John Steinbeck
    London   Heinemann
    8" by 5.5" [8], ix-xxi, [3], 3-233pp
    The first U.K. edition of these moving war articles by John Steinbeck, written about ordinary people during the Second World War.
    By John Steinbeck

    1959 Once There Was a War

    London   Heinemann
    8" by 5.5" [8], ix-xxi, [3], 3-233pp
    The first U.K. edition of these moving war articles by John Steinbeck, written about ordinary people during the Second World War.
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    Description

    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    The first U.K. edition, first impression, of this work.

    In the original price-clipped dustwrpaper.

    John Steinbeck's war correspondent articles written in 1943 for the 'New York Herald Tribune'. 

    Steinbeck wrote these articles from June to December of that year, describing the experiences of ordinary people affected by the war, and those who were doing the actual fighting.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, and a couple of very light marks to the board. Dustwrapper is lightly egdeworn with some light marks. Spine is a little discoloured. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Fine

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